Follow up after mammogram and really need some advice.

Hi, I posted here 10 months or so about lumps found while breastfeeding my new born. I had an exam by consultant and he wasn't worried at all but said to have a routine mammogram when I'd finished feeding my baby. I had the mammogram last week (my baby is almost a year) and I got a call to come back for an ultrasound as one breast is denser than other. The breast in question has always been painful and a bit bigger than the other. I've also alway had shoulder pain on this side (for years!) and I'm gone into panic mode that not only do I have breast cancer but that it's spread. I know I'm jumping so far ahead but I can feel so many aches and pains on this side that I'd been kind of ignoring. My breast looks relatively normal with none of the typical visual symptoms you might have with breast cancer. Sorry I'm rambling but any advice or reassurance would be welcome. 

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  • Hi Gigi, I have had breast cancer twice (still got it in fact) and on both occasions I could feel a hard immovable lump in my breast.  I had no pain at all.  The only other signs that I had that something was wrong was that I kept feeling very tired, but because I am my husband's carer, I simply put it down to that.  I know it is frightening when you are going through stuff like this, but honestly, it could be so many different things that are causing the denseness in your breast.  Try to keep yourself really busy, I found that doing things to distract myself helped when awaiting results and scans and mammograms.  Take care, Violet, x

  • Thanks everyone, appreciate your replies. Stay well x 

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